Another local scholarship question

sk8rmom
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:52:10 +0000

The one thing you didn’t tell us is what your EFC is! Often if a school has not met your need (need = COA-EFC) they will not reduce their aid until need is met, or at least whatever average percent of need they try to meet is achieved. Very few schools will allow outside scholarships to be applied to EFC, as very few schools even meet 100% of need. Most will allow the student/family to reduce “self-help” awards like work study, loans with outside scholarships if there is no gap.